Luke 8:10 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 8:10

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

KJV

And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 41 (444)

The word of the Savior, so to speak, is constantly hidden. The blessed psalmist has also brought him before us saying, "I will open my mouth in parables." See what he spoke in olden times happened. "A large multitude was assembled round him of people from all Judea, and he spoke to them in parables."

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Gregory of Nazianzus

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (390)

(ubi sup.) When you hear this you must not entertain the notion of different natures, as certain heretics do, who think that some men indeed are of a perishing nature, others of a saving nature, but that some are so constituted that their will leads them to better or worse. But add to the words, To you it is given, if willing and truly worthy.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
εἶπεν·	eipen	He said;	G2036 →
ὑμῖν	humin	To you	G4771 →
δέδοται	dedotai	it has been given	G1325 →
γνῶναι	gnōnai	to know	G1097 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
μυστήρια	mustēria	mysteries	G3466 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
βασιλείας	basileias	kingdom	G932 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ,	theou	of God,	G2316 →
τοῖς	tois	to the	G3588 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
λοιποῖς	loipois	rest	G3062 →
ἐν	en	[it is] in	G1722 →
παραβολαῖς	parabolais	parables	G3850 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
βλέποντες	blepontes	Seeing	G991 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
βλέπωσιν	blepōsin	shall they see	G991 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀκούοντες	akouontes	hearing	G191 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
συνιῶσιν.	suniōsin	shall they understand.’	G4920 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 44:18
They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
leads to
- Isaiah 6:9–10
  And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 4:3–4
  And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
- John 12:39–40
  For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12
  The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
- Jeremiah 5:21
  “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
Through
Isaiah 6:9
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
leads to
- John 12:40
  “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 11:8
  as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 13:14–15
  In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

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